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RKC Waalwijk is a football club playing in the Dutch Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' (Roman Catholic in Dutch) and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules. It was formed on August 26, 1940 and once played its home games at Sportpark Olympia. Its new stadium, the 7500 seater Mandemakers Stadion was opened in 1996 and featured the home match against Roda JC. While considered as one of the Eredivisie's smaller clubs, it nevertheless maintained its top flight status for many years. Its home colors are yellow and blue. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 5,800 people.
At the end of the season 2006/07, RKC Waalwijk were relegated from the Eredivisie after a defeat in play-offs against VVV-Venlo.
On 2009-06-03 they were promoted to the Eredivisie division after a win in the play-offs against De Graafschap.
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Ad Passier
Željko Petrović
Clyde Wijnhard
Ferdi Elmas
Ivan Vicelich
